Publication details
Chuť kupovat živé umění. Z korespondence brněnského sběratele moderního umění Františka Dvořáčka
| Title in English | A liking for purchasing living art. From the correspondence of František Dvořáček, a collector of modern art from Brno |
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| Year of publication | 2012 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Opuscula historiae artium |
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| Field | Art, architecture, cultural heritage |
| Keywords | art collectors and patrons; collections of modern art; Brno; František Dvořáček; Emil Filla; František Muzika; Jan Bauch; Karel Černý; Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler; Pablo Picasso; Fernand Léger; André Masson; Max Ernst; Otto Freundlich |
| Description | The article presents newly discovered documents which help throw light on the activity as a collector of the prominent lover and patron of modern art in Brno František Dvořáček. The documents include fragments of Dvořáček correspondence with Czech painters Emil Filla, František Muzika, Jan Bauch and Karel Černý and documents recording the purchase of paintings and drawings by French artist (Fernand Léger, André Masson) or other artists settled in Paris (Pablo Picasso, Max Ernst, Otto Freundlich) at Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler in his Galerie Simon in 1935. |